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Express Yourself: Make Art From Your Ideas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students analyze and discuss various sculptures by the artist Andrea Arroyo. They discuss ways artists use symbols to express abstract ideas, design and create a plasticine plaque, and write a journal response.
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Banding Together

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the effect that a particular culture can have on popular music. They develop their own music groups, each representing a style of music and a historical culture and perform their group's concert for the class.
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Mended Hearts, Broken Hearts, Healthy Hearts, Half-Hearted

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students integrate locomotor movements with nutrition information. They solve simple math functions related to the calories-per-gram contents of each nutrient and perform fitness activities to match the number of calories contained in...
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Rock Around the Map

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research the geographical histories of various musical genres and make maps that note important places in music history. They Write geographical biographies about one of their favorite musical artists.
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Fourth of July Fitness Fun

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students increase the heart rate and improve fitness by moving for an extended length of time. They go to three work stations: 1) Jump into July, 2) Firecrackers, and 3) Flag building.
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Earth Day

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners complete a variety of Earth Day activities. In this recycling and the environment lesson, students listen to Earth friendly music, create a car out of juice boxes, use soda cans and bottle caps to create a Halloween...
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Spicy, Hot Colors

For Teachers K - 1st
Students demonstrate an understanding of colors. In this visual arts lesson, students read the text Hot, Spicy Colors and name their favorite colors. Students complete a bar graph to show the data. Students discuss how each color can...
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Long Rope Jumping

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners participate in long rope jumping. In this physical education lesson, students use four cones and a long rope to complete several activities. One learners has the role of a "turner" and their partner is the "jumper." Each...
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Globalization 101

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the challenges created by cultural globalization.  In this history lesson, students read several hand-outs centered on the topic, then participate in a class discussion and fill in a worksheet.
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Culture - Unit on Culture & Globalization

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students examine the spread of American culture throughout the world. They read an article, discuss items made by foreign-owned companies, complete handouts, read and discuss a case study, and conduct a role-play about a U.S.-Canada...
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Moccasins Are Made for Dancing

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore two Native American legends. For this cultural traditions lesson, students read "The Legend of Blue Bonnet," and "The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush." Students then study basic Native American dance movements prior to...
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Rhyming With Ramon

For Teachers K
Students examine healthy behaviors to avoid the flu. They repeat words that rhyme, sing a song, and repeat a chant and act out the verses to reinforce healthy behaviors to avoid the flu.
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Alligator Craft Paper Bag Puppet

For Teachers Higher Ed
Pupils make paper bag puppets. They use the puppets as a story teller and reader. Students use the puppets to ask questions during and after reading. They assemble their own puppet. Pupils use the puppets to introduce new themes, such as...
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Keeping Healthy Lesson Plan

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars explore how muscles work. In this health lesson, students identify how the blood supplies muscles with oxygen. Young scholars participate in an online activity to reinforce the concepts.
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Rock Write-In-Roll

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students participate in physical education and classroom activities with their parents and families. To engage parent's in their student's educational process, students and family members spend part of an evening roller skating and the...
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Digital Kids Club

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create a slideshow on a chosen subject. They connect to the subject matter through images from the Internet, books, or pictures they have taken. Students convey the emotions the topic elicits and demonstrate understanding of the...
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Hula Hoop Twister

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate how the body moves and the use of personal and general space concepts.Students identify different body parts and colors.students identify various body parts (knees, elbows, hands, feet, etc), right and left side of...
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Number Line

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners participate in an activity to explore number lines. The are assigned specific numbers, and get into the correct order when music plays. Next, they have to make numbers with their bodies by cooperating in a small group.
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Gee O Me Tree

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students follow multiple-step oral directions and review geometric shapes.
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Rhyming With Ramon

For Teachers K
Students study the importance of being clean and healthy while working with rhyming words. They waddle like penguins when the hear rhyming words in sequences, and tap their feet and clap their hands in tune to a rap about being healthy....
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In pictures: Young reporters tour TVC

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners view a wide range of young reporters and their accomplishments. They view all the places they toured and then analyze one particular place in pictures. Students create a portfolio out of their pictures for view.
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The Whale Poem

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Young scholars watch a whale video clip for information. Students brainstorm on the facts that they learned about whales. Young scholars use the Internet to find information and images about whales. Students write and publish a whale poem.
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Dance: Cultural Dance Festival

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in a folk dance presentation. In this multi-cultural lesson plan, students and their families work together to learn and perform folk dances at a school sponsored festival. The teacher acts as facilitator, working...
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Langston Hughes

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students identify similarities between Hughes' poetry and music (jazz and the blues).